Earth Equity News

U.S. Submits Pledge to Reduce Emissions by 17% by 2020. By Juliet Eilperin, WashPost, January 29, 2010. "The United States pledged Thursday to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% by 2020 from 2005 levels under an international climate agreement, though it made its commitment contingent on passing legislation at home. The Obama administration submitted its much-anticipated reduction target to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat under the Copenhagen Accord, a non-binding deal brokered by the United States last month at the U.N.-sponsored climate talks. Under the deal President Obama helped secure in Copenhagen, major emitters of greenhouse gases are expected to 'inscribe' their reduction targets by Jan. 31."